Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (11 February 1657-9 January 1757) was a French scholar and writer during the Enlightenment Era.

Biography
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle was born on 11 February 1657 in Rouen in the Kingdom of France. At the age of 13 he wrote a poem in Latin and in 1691 he was received into the French Academy, and became a learned person. Bovier attended monthly dinners to discuss his theories with other scholars, and he was respected in the scientific world. He died on 9 January 1757 a few years before his 100th birthday.